We were reminded of a stark fact this past Memorial Day, and it is: “CHANGE IS THE ONLY UNCHANGING, EARTHLY REALITY.” If you will: “INCONSTANCY SEEMS TO BE LIFE’S ONLY CONSTANT.” We did our traditional Memorial Day celebration by meeting with our daughter, husband, and children at a lovely roadside park for a nice traditional […]
Lest we forget! If we strongly want to pray a prayer that captures the true spirit of II Chronicles 7:14, we do well to remember and pray the prayer as was offered to the Lord before the Kansas House of Representatives on January 23, 1996 by Pastor Joe Wright. I am sure many of us […]
Some might say that the title of this teaching is far wide of the mark. There could well be those who would say, “We are not nervous, rather, we are worried sick about the future.” Some might even go so far as to say, “We are scared to death.” That thumbnail being bitten in many […]
In the drama that is life, even the followers of Christ at times look at and talk about Jesus Christ as the most peripheral of supporting actors. And to listen to us at times, it sounds like we are accusing Him of total non-support. The disciples of Christ reached that point in the midst of […]
There is an amazing and powerful story in the Bible that as a child I could never get enough of, and as a matter fact, I still can’t to this day. When my parents read it to us at the supper table or at bedtime, I didn’t want to miss one second of it, and […]
No pooch likes being firmly or scoldingly spoken to with the words, “Bad Doggie.” Dogs, like humans, much prefer being soothed with, “Good Doggie,” even though Rover here has chewed a hole in the rug, and knocked over and smashed a table vase that was a keepsake from grandma. I mean what dog wouldn’t prefer […]
Over the past many months, the Holy Spirit has strongly impressed upon me five modern expletives that are rampant in our modern world, in American society, and even in the modern church. They have not been positive impressions, but rather, they have been very heavy, negative impressions from the Lord that would not let me […]
If the people of the world really thrill to what is happening to them or around them, they often exclaim with excitement, “Oh My God.” Have you noticed? How could you not? It is one of the most common mantras strangely enough in the unbelieving and God-ignoring society in this country. I can only speak […]
I don’t fully understand why, but this Thanksgiving 2011, I am particularly and very emotionally thinking of and deeply thankful for our American servicemen and women who are fighting so valiantly in Afghanistan and Iraq. They bravely walk with danger, look death in the face, and often lose life and limb so that Americans like […]
What follows is a powerful lesson from Israel’s history. The children of Israel had, by the blood of the Passover Lamb, come out of 430 years of slavery in Egypt. The Afro-American citizens of America can relate to this as no other people can. They are still slowly but surely coming out. Hundreds of thousands […]
A strange new Americanism some time ago arrived on the scene in our society which from the very first time I heard it, I found very frustrating and irritating. At first I did not know why there was that dis-ease in my spirit when I heard it. I now hear it over and over again […]
Nations Compared To God – Nothing But Flies And Bees Sometimes God speaks to us in truths that are both bitter and sweet at the same time. He speaks to us in terms of both warning and comfort simultaneously. He has an unequaled knack in doing that throughout His Word. We hear Him speaking that […]